Combined tie plate and rail anchor



Feb. 10. 1925. 1,525,448

. A. HYLE COMBINED TIE PLATE AND RAIL ANCHOR Original Filed June 11,1923 Patented Feb. 10, 1925. 7

PATENT OFFICE.

UNITED STATES JACOB A. I-IYLE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNORTO THE RAIL ANCHOR COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

COMBINED TIE PLATE AND BAIL ANCHOR.

Application filed June 11, 1923, Serial No. 644,640. Renewed July 3,1924.

T all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, JAooB A. HYLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCombined Tie Plates and Rail Anchors, of -which the following is aspecification.

This invention pertains to a novel combined tie plate and rail anchorand is especially designed for the purposes of successfully preventingthe creeping and spreading of the track rails upon a railway road bed,as well as to retain the said rails in their pro-per alignment, and toinsure a substantially perfect gauge being retained on both sides of therail under any and all conditions.

The prime object of the invention is to provide a strong, novel, simple,durable, economical, meritorious and thoroughly efficient combined tieplate and rail anchor for the track rails of steam and other railwayroad beds.

Another object of theinvention is to provide a tie plate for thereception of the track rails, the said plate being provided withimproved locking means for engaging the base of the rails, said lockingmeans including rotatable members which have a tendency to move intotighter locking engagement with the base portion of the rails duringvibration or any longitudinal movement of the rails.

construct my improved tie plate, that the locking means will beprevented under all conditions from being disengaged with the base. ofthe track rails.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a railway tieplate which is rigidly secured. to the usual cross tie, and whichembodies a plurality of yielding rotatable locking members adapted tooverbeing suitably roughened and adapted to tightly clamp the uppersurface of the track rail at all times.

The foregoing and such other objects as may appear from the ensuingdescription are attained by the construction, arrangement, location andcombination of the several parts hereinafter more fully described, 5illustrated in the accompanying drawings,

Another objectof this invention is'to so lap the upper surface of thetrack rail base,

and particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto, it beingunderstood that slight changes in the precise proportions and 'minordetails of construction may be resorted to wlthout departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, itwill be seen that:

Figure 1 is a plan of the novel plate em bodying my invention in itsnormal position beneath a railroad rail.

Figure 2 is a plan showing the position of the tie plate with respect tothe rail before being forced into its normal position.

Figure 3 is an end elevation showing a portion of the track rail withthe rotatable loclliing means overlapping the base of the rai Figure 4is a side elevation of the plate and rail anchoring means detached fromthe ra1 Figure 5 is an end elevation of a slight modification of theplate and rail anchoring means shown attached to a track rail.

Figure 6 is a plan of the plate and rail anchoring means shown in Fig.5, detached from the track rail, and

Figure 7 isa side elevation of the device shown in Fig. 6.

In the embodiment of my-invention as illustrated the numeral 2designates the metallic tie plate preferably formed from rolled steel ofthe desired quality and dimensions, with a smooth flat upper surface forthe reception of the track rail 3. In any suitable or desirable mannertwo square holes 4 are punched through the plate for the reception ofthe usual track rail securing spikes, and two round holes are punchedtherethrough for the reception of the rivets 5, thelower face of theplate being countersunk around each of said round holes for the purposehereinafter described. Each rivet 5 is preferably formed from cold metalof the desired quality and possessing the required strength, and isadapted to secure to the upper surface of the plate a rotatable raillocking member 6, the lower end of each rivet, after being forcedthrough the member 6 and the round opening formed through the plate, isso spread in any suitable manner, as to tightly, rigidly and completelyfill in the countersunk portion, so that said ,p at th r y. preventeeaey til ing n flen'cyof thelmember, and an inn-er end. portion whichis serrated, or otherwise suitably bite, clamp and grip the uppersurface of the rail base when thel said plate is forced into its normalposition'bene ath the v track rail, said member .6 being thinnest at itsinner portion land gradually thickened rearwardly, as shown.

By reference toiF g.2 t will be,pe1ce ved that the plate .is'll ir stplaced beneath the rail 3 substantially i1'1to'the'po'sitionshowmafterwhich by, striking, the outer edge 10 offsaid plate with a sledge orheai' y'ham herzthe inner lower beveled roughened faceofeach member 6,willfbe caused to ride or yieldingly slide inwardly to,overlaptheilightly inclineidupper surface of thefrail base until the plate assumesits normal positionbeneath the base of, the .rail as shown in F ig.,1thereby rigidly and securely clamping the plate of the rail base, afterwhich the usual securingineans' for both the tr aok In removing theplatefrom theitra ck rail after the "fastening spikes, shall hm beenwithdrawn it is simply necessaryit o. strike the edge 11 of 3 the plate.with .7 a sledge-or heavyhammer when the said plateii a y be easilydetached.

modification such as shown in Figs. and 7,'itw il1,]oe seen that I bar12 the upper surface" of the plate 13, h d, having around hole pi nchedtherethrough tor the-reception of the rivet 5, by which rivet itissuitably secured beneaththe rotatable :loekinginember 14:, with itsinn'er edgerest ingi contao't with, the outer edge fthe rail base, andts outer edge terminating w th the outer edgeof the member 14, said member l tha-ving a flat surface resting in contact with the; bar 12, anditslowe'r ro igheii ed inner surface being beveled gradually inward toits terminal point for the purpose hereinbefore described, while theplate '13 is thickest at its outer end and is sloped 01 beveled inwardlyto its inneren-dfso that when atrack 'railvis seated thereomt he'eaidrailwill tilt'or le an slightly inwardly which is preferably employedbysome of the rail way systems, as elearly. shown in ,Fig.

$9 1?e iifie eiittar rei flt i e -keo ii iaie motion or" the .ra liwhichs .essent al sinoe plate may be rolled with aseri ingvr'ail spikes, aredriven through thesq luare holes 4: thereby: furn sh ng additionalsecursio is. as. to, impart] thei ma xii uin able members h eiqeil idescrih striic'tion. may. he, eemed Tto The rotatable 1 locking membersare preferably :i'ormed from drop-forgeQsteelJof the desired quality anddimensions as to insure the requisite strength to withstand allstrainst'o which they may be subjected, and

each member is provided with a slight upwe rdlyextendinglug or arrow 15,serving combined the 1 plate and l anchor serves as i av two way,anti-creeper which pre rents roughenedon its lowersurface to Ithe tl'QCkrail froiiriiidxritig e-ithei hacl or forth moreitha-n ,ailaction of aninch, nd

the wedge shap d or ig rad ially, n 'bi h nedleds iii tieli iiig member.whieh }is ,i-nlcoi with the. rail "will? caused to 0t 6 by the d andin- ,moyeinent of therailintonno ei v tense contact, with the rail, andthereby 1 look the rail ,from further n o ement; that the lockingmembers are so constructedgand se cured. to. the plate ,as to ,ret ainthem}in a level position, and tQ-pl'e- YeJ Qb any tendency to bend therivet by any lifting strainii hieh may be imparted totlaepverlappinginner edge of said in embers; that the looking 5 members be ,freelyrotated beforefthe tie plates are installed, and; hateaehjtie dendherwise suitably rou hened lo r ta'ce ,(I-iOt shown) e t it l l diledhet it i i "cross tie to which itfis seciir'ed.

' It will heiuii'dersto od that this implQYed device is constructed of lsuch aof metal, and la-ll ofjts {parts goflgs ichffdimen- V Iilofstrength Ifoifithe purposes inteiide'd andfthat one are i it cle -ea -ib eee on one slde'of'the tie plate and the other type of. member on theopposite side oritwo 1 flt% b 1i ng nlenrbers o rthesame con a Hayingthus described my invent on wh at I clalm and desire to securevbyLettersdfiatent is -1'. A track rail tie plate otthechara-otendescribed comprising a ,rolled steel plate formed with 'a slmooth flatnpper and a pivoted freely .rotatablerail eerti e ,7 r, A r @eki-nmember secured thereto, and (lISPQSQfikkIQBQOh of two diagonallyopposite .connei stheiqeof.

.2. A track rail tie plate o-tithe cliaraeter described, comprising a,rolled isteel l plate formed with a smooth flat upper surface, a freelyrotatable. rail leeking men' ber seeured .thereto and 'disposed'at eachoftwodiagoformed with a smooth flat upper surface, a pivoted freelyrotatable rail locking member secured thereto and disposed at each ofits two diagonally opposite corners, each of said members being formedwith a wedge-shaped lower surface overlapping the base of the rail.

4. A track rail tie plate of the character described, comprising a steelplate having secured thereto a freely rotatable circular rail lockingmember disposed at each side of its upper surface, each member beingformed with awedge-shaped lower face overlapping the upper surface ofthe rail base, and means for pivotally s curing said members thereto.

5. A track rail tie plate of the character described, compris ng a steelplate formed with a circular rotatable rail locking member secured toeach side of its upper face, each member being formed with a wedgeshapcdlower face overlapping the upper surface of the base of the rail, and arivet passing through said plate and member for locking the memberthereto.

6. A track rail tie plate of the character described, comprising a steelplate formed with a smooth flat upper surface, a rotatable rail lockingmember pivotally secured to the upper face of each side of the plate,each of said members being formed with a wedge-shaped roughened lowerface overlapping the upper surface of the rail base.

7. A track rail tie plate of the character described, comprising a steelplate, a circular freely rotatable rail locking member pivotally securedthereto at each side of the plate and overlappingthe upper face of therail base, each member having a roughened wedge-shaped lower face, and arivet passing through each member and plate for fastening the members tosaid plate.

8. A track rail tieplate of the character described, comprising asteelplate, a circular freely rotatable rail locking member disposed at eachof two diagonally opposite corners, each member. overlapping the uppersurface of the rail base and formed with a roughened wedge-shaped lowerface, and means for pivot-ally securing each member to said plate.

9. A track rail tie plate of the character described, comprising a steelplate, a circular freely rotatable rail locking member disposed at eachof two diagonally opposite corners, each member overlapping the uppersurface of the rail base, a rivet passing through each member and platefor pivoi ally securing each member to the plate, and each member beingformed with a roughened wedge shaped lower face.

JACOB A. HYLE.

